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THE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Telephone call interference makes hair curl (7)
5 A Russian twice pockets gold (5)
8 Fashion model glad to win first prize (4,5)
9 Draw string? (3)
10 Staple food? (4)
12 Confirms what Goldilocks found (5,3)
14 A colourful writer (6)
15 People count (6)
17 A particular form of dislike (8)
18 Stay in a castle (4)
21 Called earlier (3)
22 They’re proverbially late - stuck in the entrance (9)
24 Maverick brings unity between left and right (5)
25 Scent’s indispensable quality (7)
Down
1 On the one hand quite justified (5)
2 Nothing possessed by the penniless (3)
3 Floppy disc - I’m into that (4)
4 Brought to order it turned and passed on (6)
5 You may find night fliers hanging about in them (8)
6 Turned up to see about our set’s repair (9)
7 Cases for getting out the sash (7)
11 Changing places may put a fresh complexion on it (9)
13 Reckon to make a hundred on the side right? (8)
14 One of several bands appearing on TV (7)
16 Doctor got out of bed in a bad mood (6)
19 Dad set out with stick (5)
20 Where lies our responsibility (4)
23 I am given a Northern name (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Defensive wall (7)
5 Crash-land at sea (5)
8 Begin to suspect (3,4,2)
9 Silvery-white metal (3)
10 Line of parental descent (4)
12 Causing no distress (8)
14 Character (6)
15 Intense mental effort (6)
17 Entitled to be chosen (8)
18 Prevent (4)
21 Impart new colour to (3)
22 On the contrary (3,4,2)
24 Ending in disaster (5)
25 Fail to heed orders of (7)
DOWN
1 Sham (5)
2 Item in auction (3)
3 Eager (4)
4 Abduct (6)
5 Clear and distinct (8)
6 Till it’s all over (2,3,4)
7 Actively involved in person (5-2)
11 Damage (9)
13 Productive (8)
14 Boundless (2,3,2)
16 Elaborately decorated (6)
19 Tersely cogent (5)
20 Weapons of war (4)
23 Rabble (3)